Australia's illegal occupation of Chrismas Island, Cocos and Keeling Islands....

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

Australia's take over of Christmas Islands and the Cocos and Keeling Islands cannot stand up to international law......

Cocos and Keeling Islands - Australia bullied the Clunies-Ross family until they went broke....


"In the 1970s, the Australian government's dissatisfaction with the Clunies-Ross feudal style of rule of the island increased. In 1978, Australia forced the family to sell the islands for the sum of A$6,250,000, using the threat of compulsory acquisition. By agreement, the family retained ownership of Oceania House, their home on the island. However, in 1983 the Australian government reneged on this agreement, and told John Clunies-Ross that he should leave the Cocos. The following year the High Court of Australia ruled that resumption of Oceania House was unlawful, but the Australian government ordered that no government business was to be granted to Clunies-Ross's shipping company, an action that contributed to his bankruptcy. John Clunies-Ross now lives in Perth, Western Australia......."

Christmas Island:

Singkies got no balls to contest 1957 transfer of administration from Singapore to Australia........ Mining interests were afraid the coming PAP govt would nationalise their mining concessions ans so petitioned the UK govt for the transfer.,..... The PAP accepted the coup.... kept quiet over the last 50 years...... fark you PAP, for selling out Singapore's interests......


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